Abatement of Nitrous Oxide, Methane, and the Other Non
... Lowland rice accounts for about 12 percent of the anthropic CH4 budget (Figure 29.2); some 40 TgCH4 y-1 are emitted by methanogenic bacteria in submerged rice soils (Sass et al. 1999; Houghton et al. 2001). Much of the methane produced is dependent on the rice plant, which provides both substrate (f ...
... Lowland rice accounts for about 12 percent of the anthropic CH4 budget (Figure 29.2); some 40 TgCH4 y-1 are emitted by methanogenic bacteria in submerged rice soils (Sass et al. 1999; Houghton et al. 2001). Much of the methane produced is dependent on the rice plant, which provides both substrate (f ...
Paris: Beyond the Climate Dead End through Pledge and Review?
... and measurable reduction of climate impacts, the multiple frames for perceiving and assessing equity (e.g., total emissions, per capita emissions, historical emissions, national wealth), and the persistent scientific uncertainty in determining benefits to specific states and future generations that ...
... and measurable reduction of climate impacts, the multiple frames for perceiving and assessing equity (e.g., total emissions, per capita emissions, historical emissions, national wealth), and the persistent scientific uncertainty in determining benefits to specific states and future generations that ...
Download country chapter
... The Netherlands is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its high population density, river deltas and its location at and below sea level. The country has, therefore, particular interest in flood management and resiliency building. The approach to climate change combines a ...
... The Netherlands is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its high population density, river deltas and its location at and below sea level. The country has, therefore, particular interest in flood management and resiliency building. The approach to climate change combines a ...
Protocols, treaties and action: the `climate change process`
... more, or less, than their own individual quota? The only way in which it might be possible to administer a system by which all individuals, or groups of individuals, are in some way made directly accountable for their own GHG emissions would be via some kind of carbon tax on all products. In the con ...
... more, or less, than their own individual quota? The only way in which it might be possible to administer a system by which all individuals, or groups of individuals, are in some way made directly accountable for their own GHG emissions would be via some kind of carbon tax on all products. In the con ...
Science for Natural Resource Management
... natural or human systems in response to climate change in order to moderate harm or exploit new conditions. The IPCC identifies three types of adaptation: anticipatory (proactive adjustment before climate change occurs), autonomous (spontaneous, unplanned response to climate change), and planned (de ...
... natural or human systems in response to climate change in order to moderate harm or exploit new conditions. The IPCC identifies three types of adaptation: anticipatory (proactive adjustment before climate change occurs), autonomous (spontaneous, unplanned response to climate change), and planned (de ...
Academic Freedom in Canada, the Stephen Harper Government
... order to understand something about the world. Without organized information, the public may know something of the world, but very little about it. And it is only when the public has knowledge, can it make sense of information and how it matters or relates to people’s lives.12 For all intents and pu ...
... order to understand something about the world. Without organized information, the public may know something of the world, but very little about it. And it is only when the public has knowledge, can it make sense of information and how it matters or relates to people’s lives.12 For all intents and pu ...
WGCM Chemistry - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Physics
... 1. Stratospheric data (Zonal means): • Multiple linear regression analysis of SAGE I+II satellite observations and polar ozonesonde measurements for the period 1979-2005 (Randel and Wu, JGR, 2007). • Regression includes terms representing equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC) and 11-yea ...
... 1. Stratospheric data (Zonal means): • Multiple linear regression analysis of SAGE I+II satellite observations and polar ozonesonde measurements for the period 1979-2005 (Randel and Wu, JGR, 2007). • Regression includes terms representing equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine (EESC) and 11-yea ...
Climate Change, Climate Justice 2 Resources for Post Primary
... Protocol was adopted. It entered into force in 2005, containing internationally binding emission reduction targets. Unfortunately, even though the USA signed up to the agreement, the US Congress failed to ratify it, which meant that while the Kyoto Protocol is considered a very important first step, ...
... Protocol was adopted. It entered into force in 2005, containing internationally binding emission reduction targets. Unfortunately, even though the USA signed up to the agreement, the US Congress failed to ratify it, which meant that while the Kyoto Protocol is considered a very important first step, ...
Kennesaw State University High School Model United Nations
... The Kyoto Protocol had been the sole internationally binding agreement between Member States on climate change in nearly two decades. 2015 marked the year for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol to emerge. In December 2015 solidarity was shown by Member States at the Paris Climate Conference (COP ...
... The Kyoto Protocol had been the sole internationally binding agreement between Member States on climate change in nearly two decades. 2015 marked the year for the successor to the Kyoto Protocol to emerge. In December 2015 solidarity was shown by Member States at the Paris Climate Conference (COP ...
Sub-programs and Types of Intervention
... forests and green and circular economy; • Thematic Priorities for Environment and Health, including chemicals and noise; • Thematic Priorities for Air Quality and Emissions, including the urban environment; • Thematic Priorities for Information and Governance This will be translated into project top ...
... forests and green and circular economy; • Thematic Priorities for Environment and Health, including chemicals and noise; • Thematic Priorities for Air Quality and Emissions, including the urban environment; • Thematic Priorities for Information and Governance This will be translated into project top ...
Climate Change and its Impacts on Forests
... preferably in reasonably large, contiguous areas along ecological gradients. Avoid fragmentation and/or re-establish connectivity, minimise road network Fragmentation is likely to hinder adaptation in various ways. First, large populations are broken up into smaller ones, which are more vulnerable t ...
... preferably in reasonably large, contiguous areas along ecological gradients. Avoid fragmentation and/or re-establish connectivity, minimise road network Fragmentation is likely to hinder adaptation in various ways. First, large populations are broken up into smaller ones, which are more vulnerable t ...
Partnerships For Sustainable Change: Community Based Climate
... face great challenges in creating sustainable livelihoods due to the high cost of inputs, prices that can fall precipitously in years of good harvests, and a risk of extreme weather events that is only expected to rise due to climate change. By adopting VLCRP’s sustainable rice farming technique, 1 ...
... face great challenges in creating sustainable livelihoods due to the high cost of inputs, prices that can fall precipitously in years of good harvests, and a risk of extreme weather events that is only expected to rise due to climate change. By adopting VLCRP’s sustainable rice farming technique, 1 ...
Predicting the effects of climate change on fire frequency in the
... (ignition agents, fire suppression activities etc.). Increasing fire severity would be anticipated with increasing temperatures if the other factors such as relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount remain unchanged. Precipitation amounts and relative humidity are somewhat higher over t ...
... (ignition agents, fire suppression activities etc.). Increasing fire severity would be anticipated with increasing temperatures if the other factors such as relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount remain unchanged. Precipitation amounts and relative humidity are somewhat higher over t ...
Climate scenarios
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
new mexico`s rising economic risks from climate change
... ON NEW MEXICO’S ECONOMY Climate change will impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s economy. A recent study by researchers at the Sandia National Laboratory considered impacts of temperature increases and precipitation declines on the halfdozen industries with the greatest water consumption (e.g. ...
... ON NEW MEXICO’S ECONOMY Climate change will impact nearly every aspect of New Mexico’s economy. A recent study by researchers at the Sandia National Laboratory considered impacts of temperature increases and precipitation declines on the halfdozen industries with the greatest water consumption (e.g. ...
Confronting the Climate–Energy Challenge
... temperature for a doubling of atmospheric CO2. Most general circulation models used to predict future climate change use a climate sensitivity of between 1.5 and 4°C, based on calibration of these models to the observed temperature change over the last century. However, the last century may not be a ...
... temperature for a doubling of atmospheric CO2. Most general circulation models used to predict future climate change use a climate sensitivity of between 1.5 and 4°C, based on calibration of these models to the observed temperature change over the last century. However, the last century may not be a ...
Climate Regulation - Siqueira Castro
... The NPCC and its regulation (Decree No. 7,390/10) are the main policies on climate matters and set out its general guidelines. The main goal is to reduce GHG emissions, preserve and recover environmental resources, and also harmonize socioeconomic development and climate protection, promoting sustai ...
... The NPCC and its regulation (Decree No. 7,390/10) are the main policies on climate matters and set out its general guidelines. The main goal is to reduce GHG emissions, preserve and recover environmental resources, and also harmonize socioeconomic development and climate protection, promoting sustai ...
NRDC: Killer Summer Heat - Projected Death Toll from Rising
... Note: This table shows the change to the number of EHE days projected to be caused by climate change and total projected average EHE days during 2045-2055 and 20902099, based on a climate model assuming the A1FI emissions scenario, which portrays a ""business-as-usual"" trend with continued signific ...
... Note: This table shows the change to the number of EHE days projected to be caused by climate change and total projected average EHE days during 2045-2055 and 20902099, based on a climate model assuming the A1FI emissions scenario, which portrays a ""business-as-usual"" trend with continued signific ...
Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
Divestment is a powerful tactic for stigmatising
... growing informal settlements, harming the lives of people who have had little hand in raising the Earth’s temperature. We lose a possible 40% of our current maizelands. Water availability drops by 20%. The proportion of the population that is undernourished could increase by anything from 25% to 90% ...
... growing informal settlements, harming the lives of people who have had little hand in raising the Earth’s temperature. We lose a possible 40% of our current maizelands. Water availability drops by 20%. The proportion of the population that is undernourished could increase by anything from 25% to 90% ...
Devolution - London Councils
... 7. Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) have now been developed (attached as Appendix 1) and agreed in principle between the GLA, LDA and London Councils. Only once these organisations have agreed them and the nature of the body has been fully defined will we seek to gain agreement with other suggested ke ...
... 7. Draft Terms of Reference (ToR) have now been developed (attached as Appendix 1) and agreed in principle between the GLA, LDA and London Councils. Only once these organisations have agreed them and the nature of the body has been fully defined will we seek to gain agreement with other suggested ke ...
Bahamas INDC
... 2030 and will allow for a 10% Residential Energy Self Generation Programme within the year. This comprehensive programme of efficiency improvement and energy diversification will allow The Bahamas to provide high-quality, affordable, environmentally-friendly energy and to reduce the amounts of impor ...
... 2030 and will allow for a 10% Residential Energy Self Generation Programme within the year. This comprehensive programme of efficiency improvement and energy diversification will allow The Bahamas to provide high-quality, affordable, environmentally-friendly energy and to reduce the amounts of impor ...
The many shortcomings of the Kyoto Protocol are well
... to determine how they should act to protect the environment. In turn, states, particularly within the European Union, have changed their behavior based on this expectation of compliance. With Kyoto in particular, several nations have made significant progress in overcoming their emissions problems, ...
... to determine how they should act to protect the environment. In turn, states, particularly within the European Union, have changed their behavior based on this expectation of compliance. With Kyoto in particular, several nations have made significant progress in overcoming their emissions problems, ...
World Bank Bangkok Briefing - World Economy and Development
... such as transport and urban sectors, showing good potential. – Two new Carbon Facilities—CPF and FCPF approved in September 2007 – Pilot program to begin measuring GHG emissions of the WBG lending portfolio is underway. ...
... such as transport and urban sectors, showing good potential. – Two new Carbon Facilities—CPF and FCPF approved in September 2007 – Pilot program to begin measuring GHG emissions of the WBG lending portfolio is underway. ...
The Changing Annual Rainfall and Temperature
... taken the central stage on many international conferences and discourse. The global climate change is the foremost; others included desertification, biodiversity and fertility losses, HIV/AIDS, Ozone depletion etc. Climate change knows no bounds as its impact can be felt from the local through the i ...
... taken the central stage on many international conferences and discourse. The global climate change is the foremost; others included desertification, biodiversity and fertility losses, HIV/AIDS, Ozone depletion etc. Climate change knows no bounds as its impact can be felt from the local through the i ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.